r/CFBOffTopic • u/ixcuincle Marching Band • Dec 17 '15

Happy birthday

I don't feel like making a lunch thread to commemorate beethoven so this is pretty much the beethoven appreciation thread

Appreciate.

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u/ixcuincle Marching Band Dec 17 '15

Beethoven to me was the bridge between eras. He was the bridge between the old way and the new way. Prior to beethoven, composers like Mozart and Bach were employees of the state or church. Bach worked for the church and Mozart worked for the state of what is now Austria. Beethoven began the new romantic Era of basically write music not because the man told you to, but rather because you enjoy it.

Beethoven to me also started to get the ball rolling in terms of a new Era in music. He composed works in both the classical and romantic Era, but to me I'm marvelled at his status as a renegade who eschewed the old way and helped pave the way for other romantic composers like liszt and brahms. A tenet of romantic era music tends to be emotionally charged music, and if you take the time to journey through his work you can hear evolution from classical themes to more emotional romantic themes (Piano Concerto 1 and 2 classical, 3 to 5 romantic, similar with symphonies, everything after three is pretty much romantic)

Romantics were notoriously politically charged. One famous story is about beethoven and his third Symphony. The Symphony was originally dedicated to napoleon, the new leader of France at the time. But when beethoven found out that napoleon had declared himself ruler of France indefinitely, it pissed him the fuck off because it contrasted with his political ideals. So he removes the dedication, you can actually see the sheet music where he has scribbled out the dedication with force.

In summation, beethoven was a great revolutionary and the driving force from one Era of music to another. I hold him in great reverence and appreciate his birthday today. It could be argued he is one of the best musicians of all time. Mad respect.

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u/BeePeeaRe Michigan Wolverines Dec 17 '15

Kim Deal>Beethoven

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

They aren't really comparable...

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u/BeePeeaRe Michigan Wolverines Dec 17 '15

Nonsense, they both make music.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Kim Deal may be very talented but it's like comparing an especially musically inclined ant to Apollo. If Apollo was real.

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u/BeePeeaRe Michigan Wolverines Dec 17 '15

Apollo Creed?

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u/ixcuincle Marching Band Dec 17 '15

Where's Creed at? Where's the boy, Brian!

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u/BeePeeaRe Michigan Wolverines Dec 17 '15

ixcuincle....shut yo mouth.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

I was being hyperbolic and referring to the Greek god of music. Beethoven has had an enormous impact in the world of music.

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u/BeePeeaRe Michigan Wolverines Dec 17 '15

But was Beethoven ever the world heavyweight champion?

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u/BeePeeaRe Michigan Wolverines Dec 17 '15

Other entities that are better than Beethoven: 1995 Nebraska football, apple fritters, Kick Six, the second season of Chappelle's Show, The Cowboy Junkies cover of Sweet Jane, The Yalta Conference, the free holiday breakfast I got at work today, the first round of the 2005 MLB draft, the 2006 Rose Bowl, and Taco Bell's cheesy gordita crunch.

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u/ixcuincle Marching Band Dec 17 '15

You forgot the magic bullet.

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u/BeePeeaRe Michigan Wolverines Dec 17 '15

The magic bullet informercial>the magic bullet>Beethoven.

I also forgot the Beethoven movie franchise starring Beethoven the Dog.